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The man was slightly out of breath as he tapped me on the shoulder. "Do you mind if I ask you a question?" he said. "How many times have you washed your shoes?"
I looked down at my admittedly rather ratty pair of Keen sandals. "Never," I said. "You mean, why are they so faded? I have no idea.""Neither do I," he said. "But I don't like it. They're not supposed to do that."
My questioner, it turns out, was one of the actual designers of the sandal.
It was a conversation one could only have at the Outdoor Retailer Market in Salt Lake City, Utah.

“The impact of severe climate on agriculture is one of these breakdowns. We see this as something to think about and see if there are ways to address it.”

"Those words really resonate today. The values he picked up on—the next generation, children, trees, the value of community and vibrant neighborhoods—those are all values that people are articulating today, eighty years later."